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Will they do it again? : assessing and managing risk McMaster, Ken; Bakker, Leon; (Eds.)

Contributor(s): McMaster, Ken | Bakker, Leon.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Lyttelton Hall McMaster & Associates 2006Description: 220 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0473112442.Subject(s): DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | CHILD NEGLECT | MENTAL HEALTH | OFFENDERS | RISK ASSESSMENT | RISK MANAGEMENT | SEX CRIMES | NEW ZEALAND | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | CHILD ABUSEDDC classification: 364.15 WIL Summary: This book discusses risk assessment and risk management across a number of human service fields. In doing so, it traverses the issues of safety related to the behaviour of one individual towards another. The various authors draw on research evidence to provide guidance on the progression of risk assessment and risk management. Several chapters have specific relevance to family violence while others are more generalised in terms of risk issues around violent behaviour. In chapter 2, "Getting the Balance Right: Assessing Risk and Supporting Families", Mike Doolan and Marie Connolly examine how orientations to child welfare influence the way in which service responses to children at risk have been developed internationally. Ken McMaster's chapter, "Predicting and Managing Risk in Men Who Are Domestically Violent", traverses the issue of risk assessment in domestic violence situations. He proposes that risk factors are variable. This variability includes internal factors associated with the man who is abusive, and contextual factors in terms of the relationship dynamics and history of previous violence and abuse. It also includes external safety measures. In chapter 9, "Assessing Sex Offender Risk", David Riley, Alex Skelton and James Vess discuss the issue of risk prediction when a sex offender is released into the community. They examine the literature on sex offender risk and discuss the application of the most promising statistical and clinical tools used in New Zealand. The authors argue that both statistical and clinical judgments are essential to risk prediction. In chapter 11, "Preparing Human Service Workers for Risk Assessment and Management: Training for Child Protection Risk Assessment in the Statutory Social Work Setting", Cherie Appleton and Ann Craig describe and evaluate the "Risk Estimation System". This tool is designed to improve social work analysis and demonstrates the thinking process of the social worker in reaching a decision about risk. The book also includes a chapter (see chapter 3) on risk assessment concerning suicidal behaviour in young people and briefly covers childhood adversity factors. Chapter 4 briefly touches on the relationship between mental health and the risk of abuse and/or neglect to children in the area of mental health. The issue of intimate partner violence and mental health is also briefly traversed.
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This book discusses risk assessment and risk management across a number of human service fields. In doing so, it traverses the issues of safety related to the behaviour of one individual towards another. The various authors draw on research evidence to provide guidance on the progression of risk assessment and risk management. Several chapters have specific relevance to family violence while others are more generalised in terms of risk issues around violent behaviour. In chapter 2, "Getting the Balance Right: Assessing Risk and Supporting Families", Mike Doolan and Marie Connolly examine how orientations to child welfare influence the way in which service responses to children at risk have been developed internationally. Ken McMaster's chapter, "Predicting and Managing Risk in Men Who Are Domestically Violent", traverses the issue of risk assessment in domestic violence situations. He proposes that risk factors are variable. This variability includes internal factors associated with the man who is abusive, and contextual factors in terms of the relationship dynamics and history of previous violence and abuse. It also includes external safety measures. In chapter 9, "Assessing Sex Offender Risk", David Riley, Alex Skelton and James Vess discuss the issue of risk prediction when a sex offender is released into the community. They examine the literature on sex offender risk and discuss the application of the most promising statistical and clinical tools used in New Zealand. The authors argue that both statistical and clinical judgments are essential to risk prediction. In chapter 11, "Preparing Human Service Workers for Risk Assessment and Management: Training for Child Protection Risk Assessment in the Statutory Social Work Setting", Cherie Appleton and Ann Craig describe and evaluate the "Risk Estimation System". This tool is designed to improve social work analysis and demonstrates the thinking process of the social worker in reaching a decision about risk. The book also includes a chapter (see chapter 3) on risk assessment concerning suicidal behaviour in young people and briefly covers childhood adversity factors. Chapter 4 briefly touches on the relationship between mental health and the risk of abuse and/or neglect to children in the area of mental health. The issue of intimate partner violence and mental health is also briefly traversed.

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